General medical services contract (quality and outcomes framework): April 2018 to March 2019

Main points

• The disease register with the highest prevalence rate was hypertension (15.8%).
• 11.8% of patients aged 16 and over were recorded on the obesity register.
• In 2018-19 it was estimated that 22,165 people aged 65 or over were recorded on GP registers for dementia, and approximately 18,382 people aged 65 or over with dementia remained undiagnosed.
• The diagnosis rate was 54.7% up from 53.1% in 2017-18.